In any era, when doing anything, the basic principles are the same.
If you want to promote the development of something, you must have the first group of people to support you, set an example for more people, and then have a chain effect, so that more people will support you.
Naturally, for what Li Hong wants to do, the first people who need support are the ministers in the court, and then the dragon mothers, royal family members, wealthy families, etc. who are in charge of the palace. In the end, it is the people who have always been supported. The rulers talk about it, but never remember it in their hearts.
In Li Hong's view, the reform of slavery is absolutely impossible to achieve in one step, and he is not naive to hold on to that hope. Even places such as Chang'an and Luoyang can completely give land resources to the reformed people. It does not mean that other remote places, beyond the reach of the imperial court, can be completely improved like Chang'an and Luoyang.
Therefore, in his expectation, with the reform of slavery and the liberation of the minimum freedom and household registration from slavery, I am afraid that batches of farm laborers will emerge in local areas.
The reason for this result is simply that the slaves after liberation lacked farming tools, and because there were less fields, they had to rely on local powerful people to make a living, and then work as long-term or short-term workers.
However, even if such a situation occurs, it is still a meaningful step for Li Hong. At the very least, his original purpose is to allow everyone to have the independent right to their own life. This purpose will be achieved.
As for the next step, we can only take it one step at a time, and slowly improve it as time goes by and the problems are exposed.
Regarding Li Chuyuan's matter, because of the mediation by Queen Mother Wu Mei and the involvement of Uncle Ji Wang, Li Chuyuan was depressed and had to accept her fate.
What's more, she doesn't really care about the number of slaves and fields. She cares more about the family status and prestige of her county master. How can she allow Uncle Yan to provoke him
But those were all family matters, and there was no need for Li Hong or Wu Mei to pay attention to them. After all, when Uncle Lian Ji heard why his daughter was dissatisfied, he ran away without a trace. My arms and legs are much sharper than usual.
Li Lingyue was naturally the first to know about this. After all, she was in charge of "Fang Jian Tian Xia", so it was she, Li Lingyue and Guan Wan'er who understood Li Hong's meaning first and most thoroughly.
The two difficult bones to crack were the royal family members and the court officials. After the clear support of King Ji Li Shen, who had high prestige in the royal family, there was no longer any resistance.
Above the court, officials from the three provinces and six ministries immediately began to respond positively after their superiors had unconditionally supported His Majesty's restructuring. Therefore, in Li Hong's opinion, the places where obstruction is most likely to occur are beyond Smooth as imagined.
Even Lian Longma Wu Mei, after seeing that she personally received the memorial from the ministers and royal family members of her Penglai Palace, she patted the memorial with satisfaction and sighed: rare, rare, rare.
"Your Majesty..." Wang Lou looked in awe at the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who was talking to the Empress Dowager. After hesitating several times, he finally spoke. x{2028} "What? You haven't left yet?" Li Hong sat opposite Wu Mei and asked Wang Lou, who was less afraid of him than before.
"They haven't left. Now in the Xuanzheng Hall, they have made it known that they will not leave unless they see His Majesty." Wang Lou said carefully choosing his words.
"Who are you hiding from? Are you hiding here? I also said that you have filial piety, so you sat with me in Penglai Hall all morning doing nothing." Wu Mei glanced at Wang Lou, and then said calmly said.
"I am an emperor, who should I hide from in the Tang Dynasty? If there is anyone, it is you, the queen mother." Li Hong waved his hand and asked Wang Lou to leave. Those old guys who like to sit there can just let them go. They should just sit down. At worst, the meeting will not be held tomorrow.
Wang Lou made a move to leave, but was stopped by Wu Mei's words: "Who is waiting for him in the Xuanzheng Hall? For what reason, do you know?"
"Back to the Queen Mother, it's..."
"The two old men from the Kong and Yan families, Kong Yuan and Yan Yude, and there seem to be a few others who are about the same age as Yan Yude, and a few old guys from Hongru and Daxian, they don't know what they want from me." Li Hong rubbed it himself. He said while rubbing his somewhat uncomfortable temples.
"Them? Then Yan Yude must not be more than 80 or 90 years old now?" Wu Mei put down the memorial that Li Hong asked her to read just now, and said it carefully.
"No, you said that such a person does not live his life at home but goes to the court..."
"Is it because of slavery? Or something else?" Wu Mei interrupted Li Hong's complaint and asked.
"I don't know, but I guess there are both slavery and the other two. Before I came to you, I heard Hua Meng say a few words, what is the difference between Hua and Yi? What kind of era is this? You still want to repeat the same old tune? ." Li Hong shook his head, he would not foolishly argue with these old antiques about moral governance and benevolent governance.
That thing has never been popular in the Tang Dynasty. Now that the territory of the Tang Dynasty has been stabilized and vast, and after the disintegration of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes, the geographical shape has become a sharp contradiction. Therefore, these old antiques cannot see He was accustomed to seeing himself as the orthodox Chinese civilization outside the Central Plains, so he wanted to stick to the Central Plains.
This is completely contrary to my own strategy in recent years. My expansion in recent years is to put aside their Confucian distinction between Chinese and Yi, and then let more people regard themselves as the Tang civilization, thus making the influence of the Tang Dynasty become He is bigger and not from the same group as them, so there is no need to see them.
The distinction between Huayi and Huayi did indeed promote the development and spread of Central Plains culture in the pre-Qin and even Han dynasties, but in modern Chinese history, it became an obstacle to modernization. Otherwise, those dynasties and people who closed their country and watched the sky from a well would have How could I have an inexplicable sense of superiority out of ignorance
The distinction between Chinese and barbarians distinguishes between Chinese and barbarians. The Chinese ethnic group lives in the Central Plains and is the center of civilization, while the surrounding areas are relatively backward. Therefore, the concept of distinguishing groups based on civilization, etiquette, and justice has gradually emerged.
"Spring and Autumn Zuo Zhuan Zhengyi·Ding Gong Ten Years": "China has great etiquette, so it is called Xia; it has the beauty of wearing seals, so it is called Hua." Groups are distinguished by their level of culture and civilization, not race. Those who conform to Chinese customs and civilization are called Hua, or Xia, Huaxia, or Chinese. Those who do not agree are called barbarians or barbarians.
In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, when the princes were hegemonic, Confucius advocated the great righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, and proposed the great righteousness of respecting the king, repelling barbarians, and promoting culture. For example, the state of Chu called itself a barbarian. Later, as civilization progressed and the princes of the Central Plains formed an alliance with it, they no longer regarded it as a barbarian. The Zheng State was originally a country of the Xia Dynasty. If their behavior was unjust and propriety, they would also be regarded as barbarians.
Wu Mei saw Li Hong's impatience and dislike of seeing him. She thought about it carefully and said, "Judging from the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, wouldn't this be good? The responsibility of educating all people should be We, the Tang Dynasty, distinguish between Chinese and barbarians, and preserve our Chinese civilization..."
"What's the use of that thing? I've allowed Confucianism to go out in recent years, which has caused more people in foreign countries and tribes to be harmed by Confucianism, so that such ideas can be rooted in their thoughts and blood. It can't be I, the ruler, have also been deceived by them, haven't I?" Li Hong was indignant. He had finally managed to get into the current situation. Seeing that it was the harvest season, these old guys hurried out, not knowing whether they wanted to break up. Even though I had a piece of cake, I still felt that I had spread their Confucian thoughts, so I ran to find myself distressed, hoping to take back my life.
Wu Mei obviously did not know the judgment of later generations on Confucian culture like Li Hong, so in her opinion, now that the world is at peace, even in Anxi, Andong, Annan and other places, the foreign tribes and tribes are all common people of the Tang Dynasty. They respected Li Hong as emperor.
So at this time, if the Chinese and the barbarians are separated in their own homes, wouldn't they be able to rule and manage better? After all, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism can be regarded as the foundation of a country. If they are spread so widely, will they be used by others
"What I want is integration, recognition, and true unification. Confucianism is not an encouraging dissemination of culture. It cannot build a protective umbrella for them on a piece of soil. It should go out as it has done in recent years. , Cultural recognition and integration are the foundation of our true rule of the Tang Dynasty." Li Hong sighed helplessly, if even Long Ma can't see through this layer, the entire nation will not persevere after all these years of hard work. , I’m afraid it’s really hopeless.
Think about the American emperor in the previous life, and then think about the two hundred and five Confucian virtues. They are completely two sides.
The American imperialists are willing to share their literature, culture, democracy, laws, freedom, equality, rights, etc. with the whole world in an attempt to conquer the entire world with their powerful economy and culture, so they don't care if these so-called cultures are used by others. Apply what you learn.
Does this seemingly generous and almost defenseless attitude really mean that the American emperor is like a saint and a good person
No, they just instill their culture into us, and are even willing to impose it on others, but they are about absolute safety and high-end things, why don't they share them
On the contrary, there are Confucians who are unwilling to give away their books and annotations to others, and even treat them as treasures and do not easily show them to others. However, for things like technology, in their eyes, the so-called miraculous skills and tricks are not I am willing to give it away generously.
In Li Hong's view, this kind of prodigal behavior is the real prodigal. The reason why Li Hong disintegrated the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes and drove them out of the Central Plains was to imitate the American emperor and let the culture of the Tang Dynasty Be recognized in their surroundings, thereby influencing the culture they consider their own.
The united front of culture is far more lethal than cavalry and horses. Even if the Tang Dynasty is destroyed in the future, those foreign tribes who have accepted Chinese culture will definitely recognize that their culture is Chinese culture. This is more important than the national culture. The concept made Li Hong even more willing to pursue it.
(End of chapter)